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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. tall and thin and having long slender limbs;
- Example: "a gangling teenager"
- Example: "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man"
[syn: gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy]

2. adapted to wandering or roaming;

3. allowing ample room for ranging;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rangy \Ran"gy\ (r[=a]n"j[y^]), a. [From Range, v. i.] Inclined or able to range, or rove about, for considerable distances; apt or suited for much roving, -- chiefly used of cattle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rangy adj 1: tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man" [syn: gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy] 2: adapted to wandering or roaming 3: allowing ample room for ranging